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puerta

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “puerta” mean in English?

  1. door

Example sentences

  • Cierra la puerta, por favor.

    Close the door, please.

  • La puerta está abierta.

    The door is open.

  • Llaman a la puerta.

    Someone's knocking at the door.

How to use it

Puerta means 'door'. Feminine: la puerta. Verbs abrir/cerrar la puerta ('to open/close the door').

Common mistake

Use 'a la puerta' for 'at the door' (knocking, calling). Don't say 'en la puerta' for that — that means 'on the door' (a sticker, sign).

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.